The J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award was an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given from 1975 to 2020 to a player, coach, or staff member who showed "outstanding service and dedication to the community."[1] The award was named in honor of James Walter Kennedy, the second commissioner (then president)[a] of the NBA.[3] The winner was selected by the Pro Basketball Writers Association (PBWA). The PBWA represents writers for newspapers, magazines and internet services who cover the NBA on a regular basis. Members of the PBWA nominate players for the award, and then a vote was taken by approximately 150 PBWA members. The person with the highest point total wins the award.[3] The award was usually given to a person who made a substantial charitable contribution. For example, Kevin Garnett received the award for the 2005–06 season after donating $1.2 million toward the Hurricane Katrina's relief efforts.[4]
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The J Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award was an annual National Basketball Association NBA award given from 1975 to 2020 to a player coach or staff member who showed outstanding service and dedication to the community 1 The award was named in honor of James Walter Kennedy the second commissioner then president a of the NBA 3 The winner was selected by the Pro Basketball Writers Association PBWA The PBWA represents writers for newspapers magazines and internet services who cover the NBA on a regular basis Members of the PBWA nominate players for the award and then a vote was taken by approximately 150 PBWA members The person with the highest point total wins the award 3 The award was usually given to a person who made a substantial charitable contribution For example Kevin Garnett received the award for the 2005 06 season after donating 1 2 million toward the Hurricane Katrina s relief efforts 4 J Walter Kennedy Citizenship AwardSportBasketballLeagueNational Basketball AssociationAwarded forPlayer coach or staff member who shows outstanding service and dedication to the communityHistoryFirst award1975 76Final award2019 20Since its inception the award has been given to 34 different people Only one season had joint winners Michael Cooper and Rory Sparrow in the 1985 86 season Vlade Divac of Yugoslavia now Serbia Dikembe Mutombo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Pau Gasol of Spain Canadians Steve Nash born in South Africa Samuel Dalembert born in Haiti and Luol Deng of the United Kingdom born in South Sudan are the only winners who were not born in the United States J J Barea the 2018 winner was born in Puerto Rico a territory whose native born residents are U S citizens by birth Mutombo is also the only player to win the award twice 5 Frank Layden and Joe O Toole were the only non players to win the award Layden the 1983 84 award recipient was the head coach for the Utah Jazz 6 while O Toole the 1994 95 award recipient was the athletic trainer for the Atlanta Hawks 7 Contents 1 Winners 2 Teams 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesWinners Edit Dikembe Mutombo is the only person to have won the award twice Magic Johnson won the award in the 1991 92 NBA season LeBron James won the award in the 2016 17 season Damian Lillard won the award in the 2018 19 season Denotes player who is still active in the NBA Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of FamePlayer X Denotes the number of times the player has received the awardSeason Winner Nationality Team1974 75 Wes Unseld United States Washington Bullets1975 76 Slick Watts United States Seattle SuperSonics1976 77 Dave Bing United States Washington Bullets 2 1977 78 Bob Lanier United States Detroit Pistons1978 79 Calvin Murphy United States Houston Rockets1979 80 Austin Carr United States Cleveland Cavaliers1980 81 Mike Glenn United States New York Knicks1981 82 Kent Benson United States Detroit Pistons 2 1982 83 Julius Erving United States Philadelphia 76ers1983 84 Frank Layden United States Utah Jazz1984 85 Dan Issel United States Denver Nuggets1985 86 b Michael Cooper United States Los Angeles LakersRory Sparrow United States New York Knicks 2 1986 87 Isiah Thomas United States Detroit Pistons 3 1987 88 Alex English United States Denver Nuggets 2 1988 89 Thurl Bailey United States Utah Jazz 2 1989 90 Doc Rivers United States Atlanta Hawks1990 91 Kevin Johnson United States Phoenix Suns1991 92 Magic Johnson United States Los Angeles Lakers 2 1992 93 Terry Porter United States Portland Trail Blazers1993 94 Joe Dumars United States Detroit Pistons 4 1994 95 Joe O Toole United States Atlanta Hawks 2 1995 96 Chris Dudley United States Portland Trail Blazers 2 1996 97 P J Brown United States Miami Heat1997 98 Steve Smith United States Atlanta Hawks 3 1998 99 Brian Grant United States Portland Trail Blazers 3 1999 00 Vlade Divac FR Yugoslavia Sacramento Kings2000 01 Dikembe Mutombo Democratic Republic of the Congo Philadelphia 76ers 2 2001 02 Alonzo Mourning United States Miami Heat 2 2002 03 David Robinson United States San Antonio Spurs2003 04 Reggie Miller United States Indiana Pacers2004 05 Eric Snow United States Cleveland Cavaliers 2 2005 06 Kevin Garnett United States Minnesota Timberwolves2006 07 Steve Nash Canada Phoenix Suns 2 2007 08 Chauncey Billups United States Detroit Pistons 5 2008 09 Dikembe Mutombo 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Houston Rockets 2 2009 10 Samuel Dalembert Canada Philadelphia 76ers 3 2010 11 Ron Artest c United States Los Angeles Lakers 3 2011 12 Pau Gasol Spain Los Angeles Lakers 4 2012 13 Kenneth Faried United States Denver Nuggets 3 2013 14 Luol Deng United Kingdom Cleveland Cavaliers 3 2014 15 Joakim Noah France Chicago Bulls2015 16 Wayne Ellington United States Brooklyn Nets2016 17 LeBron James United States Cleveland Cavaliers 4 2017 18 J J Barea Puerto Rico Dallas Mavericks2018 19 Damian Lillard United States Portland Trail Blazers 4 2019 20 Malcolm Brogdon United States Indiana Pacers 2 Teams EditAwards Teams Years5 Detroit Pistons 1978 1982 1987 1994 20084 Cleveland Cavaliers 1980 2005 2014 2017Los Angeles Lakers 1986 1992 2011 2012Portland Trail Blazers 1993 1996 1999 20193 Atlanta Hawks 1990 1995 1998Denver Nuggets 1985 1988 2013Philadelphia 76ers 1983 2001 20102 Houston Rockets 1979 2009Indiana Pacers 2004 2020Miami Heat 1997 2002New York Knicks 1981 1986Phoenix Suns 1991 2007Utah Jazz 1984 1989Washington Wizards Washington Bullets 1975 19771 Brooklyn Nets 2016Chicago Bulls 2015Dallas Mavericks 2018Minnesota Timberwolves 2006Sacramento Kings 2000San Antonio Spurs 2003Oklahoma City Thunder Seattle SuperSonics 19760 Los Angeles Clippers NoneMilwaukee BucksBoston CelticsCharlotte HornetsNew Orleans PelicansMemphis GrizzliesToronto RaptorsOrlando MagicGolden State WarriorsSee also Edit Sports portal Allstate AFCA Good Works Team NBA Community Assist Award basketball Notes Edit The official title of the position was NBA President until 1967 when it was changed to NBA Commissioner 2 Denotes seasons in which joint winners were named Ron Artest changed his name to Metta World Peace on September 16 2011 8 References EditGeneral Chauncey Billups Wins J Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc May 5 2008 Archived from the original on September 26 2013 Retrieved July 21 2008 J Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc Archived from the original on November 19 2010 Retrieved July 24 2008 Specific Pistons G Chauncey Billups wins sportsmanship award ESPN com Retrieved July 2 2008 Mike Monroe The Commissioners NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc Archived from the original on April 7 2016 Retrieved July 8 2008 a b Snow Named Winner of J Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc June 26 2007 Archived from the original on October 16 2014 Retrieved July 21 2008 Garnett wins Kennedy Citizenship Award USA Today Associated Press October 31 2006 Retrieved July 24 2008 Mutombo wins J Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc April 23 2009 Archived from the original on April 26 2009 Retrieved April 23 2009 Frank Layden Coaching Record basketball reference com Retrieved July 24 2008 Smith receives NBA s award for community service The Atlanta Journal Constitution April 29 1998 Retrieved July 22 2008 Artest s Name Change to Metta World Peace Approved The New York Times September 16 2011 Retrieved September 16 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award amp oldid 1128496076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
